…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Saturday 23rd September 2017 at Harrogate Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Conor McPherson's The Weir has enjoyed glowing praise since its debut twenty years ago. The piece won the 1997 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the Daily Telegraph declared it to be 'One of the best plays of the past century'. Featuring the likes of Brian... Continue Reading →
Thursday 21st September at West Yorkshire Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 So. It finally happened. In seeing Two Man Show, commissioned by Soho Theatre and Northern Stage, I have finally seen that kind of fringe show which graces a great meme or features as an easy target in a sitcom... it might well be a work of genius,... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 20th September 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The word on the lips of those leaving the theatre yesterday was 'clever'. 'He's so clever' - 'wasn't that so cleverly done' - and they were absolutely right. The observations and insights of this 'conscious MC', Testament, combined with his mind-bending musical talent is brilliant as... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 19th September 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Do you know...' says Kate O'Donnell, throughout You've Changed, a Trans Creative and Contact co-production. In fact, so often does this line appear that you begin to feel that you simultaneously have no clue while also being acutely aware that you are gaining a great wealth... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 13th September 2017 at a West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Colin Grant's Queen of Chapeltown, written in celebration of the 50th year of the Leeds West Indian Carnival, offers a unique insight into the origins of one of Leeds' defining features. Based on the accounts of founders and attendees, this drama centres around identity and... Continue Reading →
Saturday 9th September 2017 at the Grand Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Forget what you think you know about local renditions of large scale musicals. I've seen a fair few disasters in my time but by golly, York Stage Musicals are really in a league of their own, and they're bringing something special to the stage.... Continue Reading →
Friday 8th September 2017 at Leeds Carriageworks. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This co-production of Shakespeare's wonderful magical farce from Bite My Thumb and Northern Spark Theatre is a bit of a slow burner which ends on a great high note. In brief, the story follows young lovers Hermia and Lysander who run away into an enchanted forest to... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 6th September 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I don't profess to know much, or anything at all, for that matter, about ballet. But I do know this: Northern Ballet's production of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a beautiful thing to behold. John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is... Continue Reading →
According to the immensely popular theatre site, 'westendwilma.com is the mother/son blogging venture that has been taking over London’s theatre scene for the last five years' - the team cover news, reviews, interviews, awards, competitions, tickets and merchandise - proving that an impressive amount of ground can be covered in just five years. Ed Baker,... Continue Reading →
